Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Target substance replenishment device, extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus, and electronic device manufacturing method
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Application No.: US17831255Application Date: 2022-06-02
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Publication No.: US12150233B2Publication Date: 2024-11-19
- Inventor: Yutaka Shiraishi , Hideki Shishiba
- Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tochigi
- Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
- Current Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tochigi
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JP2021-114988 20210712
- Main IPC: H05G2/00
- IPC: H05G2/00 ; G03F7/00 ; H01L21/027

Abstract:
A target substance replenishment device may include a first container containing a solid target substance, a first path through which the solid target substance supplied from the first container passes, a first supply switching device switching between a first state where supply of the solid target substance from the first container to the first path is suppressed and a second state where the supply of the solid target substance from the first container to the first path is allowed, a first valve connected to the first path, a second path which is connected to the first valve and through which the solid target substance having passed through the first valve passes, a first detector outputting a first detection signal indicating that the second path is clogged with the solid target substance, and a processor controlling the first supply switching device to the first state based on the first detection signal.
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